Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF)

Clothing stores, 43,200 associates, 85% part-time. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026, filed March 26, 2026. Ranked 4 of the 54 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states the total, the part-time count and the U.S. count, nothing by kind of work, so the whole workforce takes the clothing retail pattern by description (c).

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 24% now, 29% at the end of 2027, 30% at the end of 2028, 31% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 31% desk work, 27% people work and 42% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 69% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 17% becomes checking a model's work and 13% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

43,200 employees as of January 31, 2026 (stated). About 34,800 of 43,200 in the U.S. and 8,400 outside.

The filing: “The Company employed approximately 43,200 associates globally as of January 31, 2026, of whom approximately 36,600 were part-time associates.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 43,200 associates, 36,600 of them part-time; 34,800 in the U.S. and 8,400 outside; temporary and seasonal associates in the fall; works councils and unions only among European store associates.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• TJX (TJX, 377,000 employees)23% now, 31% by 2028
• Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST, 111,000 employees)23% now, 29% by 2028
• Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL, 83,309 employees)23% now, 31% by 2028
• The Gap, Inc. (GAP, 79,000 employees)23% now, 32% by 2028
• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO, 45,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU, 39,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

15 sentences in the filing name AI. Fifteen sentences: emerging technologies including AI used in its digital operations to support business processes and the customer experience, and competition and risk language.

• “RISK FACTORS ," of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and otherwise in our reports and filings with the SEC, as well as the following: risks and uncertainties related to global trade policy and international trade disputes, including the impact of the imposition or threat of imposition of new or increased tariffs or modification of existing tariffs by the United States or foreign governments, incl...”
• “As part of its digital operations, the Company utilizes emerging technologies, including AI, to support business processes and the customer experience.”
• “We face a variety of challenges in the highly competitive and constantly evolving retail industry, including: Anticipating and responding to changing consumer shopping preferences more quickly than our competitors; Maintaining favorable brand recognition; Effectively marketing our products to consumers across varying demographic markets, including through social media platforms, search engines,...”
• “The increasing sophistication, availability, and use of AI by threat actors further elevates these risks.”
• “For example, as AI continues to evolve, cyber-attackers could also use AI to develop or hone their attacks.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20212median 0
• Fiscal 20222median 0
• Fiscal 20233median 1
• Fiscal 20243median 4
• Fiscal 202515median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• No count for stores against distribution and corporate: one retail pattern by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001018840-26-000012, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.